Saragoça Bruno, Renato https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3195-9615
Lagueux, Cynthia J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-0190
Meylan, Anne B. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9240-0586
Bonilla Sánchez, Sebastián https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4703-1225
Jirón Toruño, William https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5778-5721
Bolten, Alan B. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4834-2742
Bjorndal, Karen A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6286-1901
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Geographic Society (EC-5196R-18)
Article History
Received: 31 July 2025
Accepted: 23 January 2026
First Online: 6 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: National research permits were obtained from the Costa Rican and Nicaraguan Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and renewed annually. This study was funded by the National Geographic Society, the Biology Department at the University of Florida, and the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research through the Jeff and Monette Fitzsimmons fund. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.